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"If she can't spell, why is she a librarian? Librarians should know how to spell."
Beverly Cleary (Ramona's World)
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"Quite often somebody will say, 'What year do your books take place?' and the only answer I can give is, in childhood."
Beverly Cleary
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"Didn't the people who made those license plates care about little girls named Ramona?"
Beverly Cleary
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"He was dressed as if everything he wore had come from different stores or from a rummage sale, except that the crease in his trousers was sharp and his shoes were shined."
Beverly Cleary (Ramona Quimby, Age 8)
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"Problem solving, and I don't mean algebra, seems to be my life's work. Maybe it's everyone's life's work."
Beverly Cleary
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"Neither the mouse nor the boy was the least bit surprised that each could understand the other. Two creatures who shared a love for motorcycles naturally spoke the same language."
Beverly Cleary (The Mouse and The Motorcycle)
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